Year: 2004
Type: dissertation
Abstract: The flammability of polymers has been receiving much attention, in particular the\ncorrosiveness and toxicity of smoke and other emission products generated during\ncombustion. The aim of this study was to investigate the flammability behaviour and\nmechanical properties of natural rubber (NR) and chloroprene rubber (CR) with\nvarious flame retardants (FR) added. The processing and vulcanization of the NR and\nCR gum compounds was studied. Initial studies were carried out with a mixture of\nantimony oxide (ATO) and decabromodiphenyl oxide (DBBO). Other types of FR\nused in NR were aluminium hydroxide (ATH) and chlorinated paraffin (CP). Recent\ndevelopments in more cost-effective tin-based fire retardants, zinc hydroxystannate\n(ZHS), in halogen compositions and halogen-free compositions, were also\ninvestigated. [Continues.]
Language: English
Subfield: Polymers and Plastics
Field: Materials Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2913698102